Glimmerglass Opera: Porgy & Bess
Enjoy a performance of Porgy & Bess, one of the pillars of the American opera repertory, with unforgettable melodies.
MASS MoCA
Enjoy a guided tour of MassMoca, one of the largest contemporary art museums in the country (in terms of square footage) with a recently completed addition of more than 120,000 square feet of gallery space.
Botticelli & Matisse at the MFA Boston
View two major exhibits at the MFA Boston. Sandro Botticelli (1445–1510) exemplifies the artistic achievement of Renaissance Florence in the 15th century.
Stonecrop Gardens: Cold Spring, NY
Some of the highlights include raised alpine stone beds and a cliff rock garden; woodland and water gardens; an enclosed English-style flower garden and systematic order beds representing over 50 plant families.
Beginning/Intermediate Mosaics
(Adults) Explore the use of basic tools, composition and color, incorporating your own designs with mosaics techniques.
Clay Sculpting Workshop: Rabbits & Hares
(Adults) Based on a project in her book Animals and Figures in Clay, Susan Halls will show you how simple pottery techniques can be adapted to make a striking sculpture of a rabbit or hare.
Clay Sculpting Workshop: Pinch Pot Animals
The basic pinch pot is adapted to bring all sorts of creatures to life - dog, frog, sheep, hippo and elephant are good subjects but there are many others too.
Watercolor: Making the Ordinary Extraordinary Painting Light
(Adults) Explore techniques to achieve spectacular light effects from ordinary images through the use of light and shadow.
Painting Animals in Watercolor
(Adults) Starting from a provided preliminary drawing, we’ll experiment with painting backgrounds, then move into capturing fur, wet and/or reflective surfaces like eyes, tongues and noses.
Painting Birds in Watercolor
Starting from a provided preliminary drawing, we’ll experiment with painting backgrounds, then move into capturing feathers, wet and/or reflective surfaces like eyes and beaks.